Proceedings of the Korean Society of Fisheries Technology Conference (한국어업기술학회:학술대회논문집)
- 2001.05a
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- Pages.435-436
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- 2001
Biomass and secondary production of the three dominant amphipods (Crustacea) in a temperate sandy shore, southern Korea
Abstract
In sand beaches the benthic macrofauna feeding on primary food sources such as detritus and phytoplankton and being prey in turn for top predators such as fishes occupies a key position in the center of food chains. Amphipods are the most productive bentho-pelagic animals (Barnard, 1963) and are commonly consumed by fishes and larger crustaceans (Vetter, 1995). Consequently, amphipods play an important role in energy flow as a trophic link from primary producers to higher consumers(Chiaravalle et al., 1997).
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